Jógvan Martin Olsen
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Jógvan Martin Olsen coaching Víkingur Gøta in 2010.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jógvan Martin Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Toftir, Faroe Islands | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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ÍF Fuglafjørður | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1993 | B68 | 145 | (23) |
| 1994–1995 | LÍF Leirvík | 21 | (6) |
| 1996-97 | B68 II | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Faroe Islands (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| 2006–2008 | Faroe Islands | ||
| 2009–2013 | Víkingur Gøta | ||
| 2014 | B68 | ||
| 2016– | ÍF Fuglafjørður | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jógvan Martin Olsen (born 10 July 1961 in Toftir, Faroe Islands) is a retired football player and football manager. He is the manager of ÍF Fuglafjørður since October 2015. He was the head coach of the Faroe Islands national football team.[1]
Playing
Jógvan Martin Olsen is a former football player. He played with B68 Toftir from 1978 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1997 and for LÍF Leirvík 1994 and 1995.[2] Three times Olsen won the national Faroese championship with B68 Toftir: 1984, 1985 and 1992.[3]
Manager career
Olsen was the assistant coach of the Faroe Islands national football team during the reign of Allan Simonsen and Henrik Larsen (both from Denmark) in the period 1996-2005. From 2002 to 2004 he was also the manager of NSÍ Runavík.[4] In 2005 Olsen was named new head coach of the Faroe Islands national football team. He resigned on 29 September 2008.[5]
In 2013 Jógvan Martin Olsen has announced that he will step down as coach at the end of the season and have a year off from football.[6] In October 2015 he was appointed as manager of ÍF Fuglafjørður.[7]
